Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Some News for Wed Nov 25, 2009

SEE YOU THERE

One of the truly great games of any season happens this Sunday as Barcelona and Real Madrid face off. They are currently at #2 and #1 in the Spain's Liga and will most likely give us a very entertaining two hours of soccer.

Here are the 5 teams that did not lose any players to Philadelphia in the expansion draft:-FC Dallas-Houston Dynamo-Kansas City Wizards-Real Salt Lake-Toronto FC

USL FIRST DIVISION

So as of today, what is left of USL-1? Here are the 6 teams still signed on:-Portland Timbers - for just once season until they join MLS in 2011.-New York FC - a brand new team with no players, and from what we hear no resources either.-Puerto Rico Islanders - a well run and successful team.-Rochester Rhino - a long time staple that appears to be rebounded from financial hardship a couple years ago.-Cleveland City Stars - searching for an owner and possibly joining Charleston in dropping back down a league to USL-2.-Austin Aztex - beginning their 2nd season.

SOCCER IN AMERICA

Yanks Abroad has an interview with Eric Wynalda in 2 segments: Part 1 - and - Part 2.

ENGLAND - PremiershipJozy Altidore - Hull City - started and went 75 minutes as they hung on to beat Everton 3-2 at home.Clint Dempsey - Fulham - went the full 90 scoring 2 goal as they wiped out Blackburn 3-0 at home!Tim Howard - Everton - played the entire match as usual but lost 3-2 at Hull City.